Latitude: 51.772 / 51°46'19"N
Longitude: 0.1237 / 0°7'25"E
OS Eastings: 546627
OS Northings: 210283
OS Grid: TL466102
Mapcode National: GBR LDJ.VGN
Mapcode Global: VHHM7.3Q8F
Plus Code: 9F32Q4CF+RF
Entry Name: Sheep Shearer Sculpture Outside Tenants Common Room
Listing Date: 15 April 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1031594
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469103
ID on this website: 101031594
Location: Mark Hall South, Harlow, Essex, CM20
County: Essex
District: Harlow
Electoral Ward/Division: Mark Hall
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Harlow
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex
Church of England Parish: St Mary-at-Latton
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Sculpture
TQ 41 SE HARLOW MOMPLES ROAD
(South East side)
973/2/10008
Sheep Shearer, sculpture outside
Tenants Common Room
II
Sculpture. 1955, sited at Harlow in 1956 when purchased by the Harlow Arts Trust. Ralph Brown, sculptor. Bronze, two feet high on brick plinth. A figurative, though abstracted, depiction of a man shearing a sheep, on a very small scale. An early work, made whilst Brown was still a student but demonstrating the qualities of compression and concentrated energy that came out of his preferred small scale. Its rural subject matter and historicised style of craftmanship is perfectly suited to its setting on the edge of a New Town, encapsulating the 'country' as assuredly as his later 'Meat Porters' in Market Square, Harlow, does the city. The Harlow Arts Trust was founded in 1953 to erect works of art in the New Town. Its collection of works, and patronage of young talent, is exceptional.
Listing NGR: TL4662710283
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